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I have been on DS for about a month and had no idea you all were here. I have been dealing with "T" for some time but it has gotten worse over the last year. I have to sleep with a noise machine. I am a counselor and it is so frustrating and embarrassing to work with my clients asking them to repeat themselves all the time. They all know about it and some have been able to recognize the blank look I get and will repeat things louder for me. I have no idea what to do.

nodp2day, your avatar is cool but creepy. for the best advise concerning your condition I would go to this site. they have many people including Dr. Chip who works at the Tinnitus/Hyperacusis Clinic at Emory University. http://www.websitetoolbox.com/mb/stringplayer

p.s. i know the first thing they would say is go have your hearing reevaluated.

My dad has louder T than I do and he wearings hearing aids. Not only for his loss of hearing, but also to help with the T. He said it masks it pretty well. If he takes off the aids he can certainly tell the difference and has to either turn up the TV to 99, or turn up the volume to any given conversation. He hears no one over the T, but with his aids he's relatively T free. Just a thought.

I would'nt be embarrased about the hearing problem. I have real difficulty with certain frequencies but I'm not embarrased to tell people I have hearing loss. Try Rosssu's suggestion and make some enquiries about a hearing aid.
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Went to Doc. and had hearing test. Was told I have lost much of the high level frequencies but the mid to low end is good. Of course they suggested hearing aids at about 1200 per ear and my insurance won't even think about it. I work in a psych hospital and talked to a doc there. He gave me samples of camprol and wants to monitor any progress with it as he has a number of T patients. I will keep ya'll informed as well. It's only been 3 days. (sometimes being a drug abuse counselor pays off lol)

So your loss is in the high frequencies? and they recommended hearing aids? My loss in HF too, 8,000 to 12,000 frequencies. I think speech is lower like 4,000 to 6,000.....I have no trouble hearing speech. They did not suggest hearing aids at all for me. How severe is your loss?

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